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Pete Campbell of Hardy was turkey hunting with his cousin, Carl Barker, in Bedford County on Dec. 15 when he spotted this big bobcat while on the way back to his house.
Campbell hurried inside, traded his shotgun for a .270, and made a 200-yard shot on the cat from his porch, using the railing as a rest.
That’s a great shot, and a great cat to show for it.
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While growing up in rural Southern Oregon, Mark Taylor developed a passion for the outdoors while he and his younger brother tagged along with their father on fishing, hunting and camping adventures.
Graduating from Northwestern University in 1988, Taylor spent four years as an officer in the U.S. Navy based in Norfolk before moving into journalism.
After five years writing about the military for a Norfolk-based publishing company, he became the outdoors editor at The Roanoke Times in 1998. He lives in Roanoke with his wife and twin daughters.
Congrats Pete!!! Beautiful bobcat and a great shot!
Nice bobcat!
Congratulations Pete on your great Bobcat!
Nice one, and awesome shooting.
Pete, how the hell you could kill such beautiful animal?
Oh.. Your mental disorder is ridden an your ugly face. Imbecile.
Primitive mindset of fat redneck.
I really hope you one day get mauled by a large cat.
Interesting how this older post is suddenly generating comments from the animals rights crew. Apparently the link is getting passed around out there. Hey, keep the traffic coming!
And, Pete, in case you are reading any of these, I trust you’re not sweating the criticism.
I hope the next big cat you come across rips you’re face off.
Disgusting human being.
Clearly I need to put up more bobcat pictures. You haters are really helping my page view numbers! Thanks!
Hey Moron! You just killed my bro!
beautiful cat in the pic bud. wish i was able to knock a few down at my place since they are an animal and love to eat chickens i raise but hey guess we should just sit aside and let animals do whatever they want cause they are so majestic lol keep up the good work and keep knocking em down.